Scheduled Backup not Running

[Darrenb]

I'm using the backup facility in Windows 2000 Server to backup the HDD to a DDS tape. It's scheduled to run at midnight every weeknight, and to overwrite the destination media if it's not a new tape.

The backup runs without any problems if a new tape is inserted. If you use a tape, which already contains data, it does not overwrite, and stops the backup from running. If I run the job manually, it overwrites the media without any problems. Why doesn't it overwrite the tape from a scheduled job?

When you insert a new tape you are automatically asked to prepare the tape for use as soon as the tape is inserted into the drive. Is there a way of making it prepare a used tape?

Any information would be gratefully received!

Darren

 

[reaps]

I had the same problem.

Checked technet and all it said was to install service pack 3 which didn't solve the problem.

In the end I had to set up the backups using the ntbackup command and create batch files for each day I wanted to run the backup. Also had to create a text file which tells the machine what I wanted to backup.

 

[koquito]

try using the /um option at the end of the backup command in Schedule task manager. A+, MCP, CCNA
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